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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3 : Chapter 1, Chapters 13 & 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many men served under Custer at Gettysburg?
(a) 4,800.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 2,000.

2. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?
(a) Both Crazy Horse and Custer.
(b) Neither Crazy Horse nor Custer.
(c) Custer.
(d) Crazy Horse.

3. In Chapter 7, what wars are cited as wars that Custer taught about?
(a) All European wars.
(b) French and Indian War.
(c) Mexican and Peloponnesian.
(d) French and American Revolutions.

4. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?
(a) Vermont lawyer, Thomas Farnham.
(b) Founding father, Samuel Adams.
(c) President Andrew Jackson.
(d) Secretary of War, Henry Knox.

5. What did Custer name as one of the chief pleasures he and Libbie enjoyed on the Plains?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Visiting new places.
(c) Camping under the stars.
(d) New commands.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where are the Shoshonis hunting before the Oglala and Cheyenne raid?

2. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?

3. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?

4. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.

5. Whose life was more controlled by time, according to Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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